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climate change, particularly from water temperature, but also from changes in flow, and in the marine environment. >> sreenivasan: estuaries, like this one, act as nurseries for juvenile salmon-- a place where they are protected from predators and feed on eelgrass before heading out into the ocean. hamlet says these habitats may disappear as well. >> we're expecting to see substantial sea level rise, perhaps a meter of sea level rise that will inundate this area. >> sreenivasan: after watching other tribal communities lose their homelands and traditional food sources, cladoosby fears that his tribe will be next. >> i'm not a scientist. i don't know why climate change is happening, if it's just a cycle in the earth, it's a generational thing, or if there's too much pollution entering the atmosphere. so when we're seeing climate change impacts in our areas we think we better get ahead of the curve. >> sreenivasan: to get ahead of the curve, they became the first tribe in the country to conduct a comprehensive climate adaptation assessment their aim: to meld their direct observations of the natural
climate change, particularly from water temperature, but also from changes in flow, and in the marine environment. >> sreenivasan: estuaries, like this one, act as nurseries for juvenile salmon-- a place where they are protected from predators and feed on eelgrass before heading out into the ocean. hamlet says these habitats may disappear as well. >> we're expecting to see substantial sea level rise, perhaps a meter of sea level rise that will inundate this area. >>...
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kim jong-il lived through a very hostile environment, from their point of view. we have the bush administration here and other countries have in the soviet block have changed a lot and then they felt a great deal of security threat. so kim jong-il tried to have this. of course long range missiles, certainly having a satellite up in the space may be -- >> warner: are you saying that basically kim jong-un, therefore, is really just following in his father's footsteps? >> absolutely. when it comes to preparedness it's all kim jong-il. and kim jong-un's job is supposed to expand the economy. of course, economic development should never be pursued at the expense of their national security. that's the way they feel. so they put everything together. now these missiles. the nuclear arsenals they feel their security is pretty much controlled. not that they're going attack others but others won't attack them. that's the way they feel. there's all kinds of motives behind this. but one thing that is not -- included there is the intention to attack the united states. that's a
kim jong-il lived through a very hostile environment, from their point of view. we have the bush administration here and other countries have in the soviet block have changed a lot and then they felt a great deal of security threat. so kim jong-il tried to have this. of course long range missiles, certainly having a satellite up in the space may be -- >> warner: are you saying that basically kim jong-un, therefore, is really just following in his father's footsteps? >> absolutely....
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. >> they live in our environments and they have multiple genetic abnormalities in their tumors. we can biopsy that tumor, we can image that tumor, we monitor how the tumor responds, we can do molecular analyses of the tumor before treatment, during treatment and after treatment. if the are cured we will then look at all of that. if they are not cured because they die at a younger age in terms of lifespan we get more information and hopefully more hits in humans. >> reporter: it has been 40 years since the federal government promised to find a cure for cancer. but after hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent on research. it still claims more lives every year than anything except heart disease. modern medicine has learned a lot in those years about what cancer is-- that it's many hundreds of diseases, not just one that it starts when the d.n.a. in human genes is damaged. and that some cancers can be cured when treatments target those altered genes and stop cells from growing out of control. but pancreatic, colon, liver, prostate and lung cancer still kill more than half a
. >> they live in our environments and they have multiple genetic abnormalities in their tumors. we can biopsy that tumor, we can image that tumor, we monitor how the tumor responds, we can do molecular analyses of the tumor before treatment, during treatment and after treatment. if the are cured we will then look at all of that. if they are not cured because they die at a younger age in terms of lifespan we get more information and hopefully more hits in humans. >> reporter: it has...
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make sure the general environment is safe and secure. these guys were not directly on the president's detail. that doesn't mean though that they aren't in a position that could hurt the president because they might have information that people want. they put themselves a lot of experts say in a position to potentially be blackmailed or extorted for this information because now somebody might have some dirt on them essentially. >> warner: mr. basham, if you were looking at this situation, if this were the situation, what would concern you as the potential security risk? >> the same thing that concerned the director. director sullivan and his team. that these... this incident had been reported. and recognizing... these agents recognizing that they were going to probably be disciplined for this. that would be distracted... could be distracted because they're worried or concerned. but the fact that... the fact that the director pulled them out of their quickly was... that obviously was a concern of his. >> warner: someone today also raised t
make sure the general environment is safe and secure. these guys were not directly on the president's detail. that doesn't mean though that they aren't in a position that could hurt the president because they might have information that people want. they put themselves a lot of experts say in a position to potentially be blackmailed or extorted for this information because now somebody might have some dirt on them essentially. >> warner: mr. basham, if you were looking at this situation,...
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, what the policy environment is going to look like. and there president hasn't given the certainty they need to create jobs and to grow their businesses. so it starts like things like ensuring we have a cheap and reliable source of energy, building the keystone pipeline it starts with expanding our trading relationship as broad and cracking down on cheaters like china that don't play by the rules. it starts with returning some balance to the relationship between labor and management and it starts by reducing tax burdens on small businesses and large businesses a ache loo. there are a number of different changes that can restore certainty and get entrepreneurs and job creators going again. unfortunately, this president has done none of those things. >> . >> suarez: isn't there a lot a president can't control, during months of strong job growth in the past two years, shocks have come from outside the u.s., jitters over the arab spring, the shock of the possibility of the could lapts of the euro, aren't there external forces that are beyo
, what the policy environment is going to look like. and there president hasn't given the certainty they need to create jobs and to grow their businesses. so it starts like things like ensuring we have a cheap and reliable source of energy, building the keystone pipeline it starts with expanding our trading relationship as broad and cracking down on cheaters like china that don't play by the rules. it starts with returning some balance to the relationship between labor and management and it...
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atmosphere of scarcity and austerity that the country in in the long-term debt concerns is an ideal environment for the conservatives and a rough one for liberals. liberals do not see the world... they see much more of the world as a unity, as one and that everyone shares. they don't like to inflict harm on anybody particularly. so they're not really prepared for this kind of fight over limited... not this limited but diminishing resources. >> woodruff: what do you see as the... as at stake here. off pretty pessimistic outlook here at the end about where the country's headed. you talk about a period of decline potentially for the united states? >> well, i think whole conflict and the polarization we're in right now has limited the ability of this country to deal with what are very serious problems. and i think the view a number of economists hold, which is that at the moment this country really ought to be taking advantage of the fact that money is virtually free. you can borrow money at almost zero cost and there ought to be more investment right now but you have to combine that with a long-te
atmosphere of scarcity and austerity that the country in in the long-term debt concerns is an ideal environment for the conservatives and a rough one for liberals. liberals do not see the world... they see much more of the world as a unity, as one and that everyone shares. they don't like to inflict harm on anybody particularly. so they're not really prepared for this kind of fight over limited... not this limited but diminishing resources. >> woodruff: what do you see as the... as at...
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and so we will sample through the layers of time and see how the environment, the environment, the atmosphere, the water conditions, just overall chemical conditions were possible for life. >> but first they have to arrive-- arrive alive and that is no small task. curious sit too big and heavy to bounce on to the surface as spirit and opportunity did. the air bag material is just not strong enough. >> so the wizards here devised and tested an audacious entry, descent and landing scheme that is part transformer, part ruth goldberg. >> how many things have to go right? >> a tremendous number. we have 79 different pyro devices that have to go correctly. that all have to function. >> all 79 have to fire. >> all 79 have to fire. if one of them doesn't, game over. >> if all goes as planned, the kraft will ent-- the craft will enter the at position fear at more than 14,000 miles an hour. thrusters will fire to slow it down and guide it towards the bull's-eye. a supersonic para chuted deploirxed heat shield separates and drops away. a landing radar will measure altitude and speed. the back shell sepa
and so we will sample through the layers of time and see how the environment, the environment, the atmosphere, the water conditions, just overall chemical conditions were possible for life. >> but first they have to arrive-- arrive alive and that is no small task. curious sit too big and heavy to bounce on to the surface as spirit and opportunity did. the air bag material is just not strong enough. >> so the wizards here devised and tested an audacious entry, descent and landing...
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i think it will be for local governance for mayors and other leaders to work on providing the environment that makes it easier for individuals to find ways to exercise safely schools are a critical part of this and it's recommended that physical education should be 60 minutes a day for children which it hasn't been for a long time in many schools. and then on top of that industry has a role to play, we're barraged by advertisements for foods that are high in calories and otherwise may be low in nutrients value and we need to systematically think about how we are surrounded by those options. we need a place where the healthy choice is if easy choice. it's not a matter of self-deprivation but the desirable choice. right now the way things look that's not how it is. >> suarez: dr. collins, thanks for joining us. >> nice to be with you, ray. check out a map of obesity rates across the united states. >> woodruff: and to another kind of crisis, a fiscal one. last week, we talked with congressional scholars thomas mann and norman ornstein about their book, "it's even worse that it looks." they p
i think it will be for local governance for mayors and other leaders to work on providing the environment that makes it easier for individuals to find ways to exercise safely schools are a critical part of this and it's recommended that physical education should be 60 minutes a day for children which it hasn't been for a long time in many schools. and then on top of that industry has a role to play, we're barraged by advertisements for foods that are high in calories and otherwise may be low in...
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when we look for a turn-around we're looking for things that change the culture, change the learning environment. we want to see early indicators of it going on the right track. >> suarez: it's the type of bet the city of las vegas is known for. taking a chance on a once failing high school, knowing that what looked like a long shot would end up paying off in a big way. >> brown: online, we have a story about how the recession has led out-of-work adults in las vegas to go back to school. the "american graduate project" is a public media initiative funded by the corporation for public broadcasting. >> ifill; and to a sight that captivated people in and around the nation's capital this morning: the space shuttle flying through normally closed federal airspace en route to its last mission. cameras and crowds greeted discovery as it soared over washington this morning, flying piggy-back style atop a boeing 747. >> could not believe i was seeing what i was seeing. once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see a space shuttle coming in. >> it was so wild that my ears kept making that noise over and over and o
when we look for a turn-around we're looking for things that change the culture, change the learning environment. we want to see early indicators of it going on the right track. >> suarez: it's the type of bet the city of las vegas is known for. taking a chance on a once failing high school, knowing that what looked like a long shot would end up paying off in a big way. >> brown: online, we have a story about how the recession has led out-of-work adults in las vegas to go back to...
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this problem is, energy and environment is probably big enough that it's going to take us as individuals and us working together. >> richard alley, thanks some of for joining us. >> and thank you. >> woodruff: "earth: the operator's manual" airs on many pbs stations this week, and also online. find a link on our web site. >> suarez: again, the major developments of the day. a new wave of political and economic turmoil shook europe. the ruling coalition in the netherlands fell, and the president of france faced an uphill fight in a runoff. and social security's trustees reported the program will run out of money to pay full benefits in 2033, three years earlier than the last estimate. online, we have another in our series on how health care reform is affecting ordinary americans. kwame holman explains. kwame? >> holman: we profile a retired veteran who spent much of his life without insurance, and opposes the reform effort. we have his story as the supreme court weighs the new law. find that on our health page. also, see photos of this year's top ten green buildings, as decided by the ame
this problem is, energy and environment is probably big enough that it's going to take us as individuals and us working together. >> richard alley, thanks some of for joining us. >> and thank you. >> woodruff: "earth: the operator's manual" airs on many pbs stations this week, and also online. find a link on our web site. >> suarez: again, the major developments of the day. a new wave of political and economic turmoil shook europe. the ruling coalition in the...
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we've not figured out how to replicate the happy home they have in us and on us in an a laboratory environment. so we've been blind to them. yet we know they're important but we haven't really had a good inventory or census of what's there. >> brown: when you talk about taking census you mean literally which parts of the body... what's going listen to? >> and which critters are there and in what numbers. >> brown: we knew there were trillions but one of the surprises here, we didn't know how different than they were from each other and how different they are person to person? >> and from site to site, as you point out. >> brown: so what does that mean different from site to site? >> well, the composition. in other words the collection of different microorganisms and the numbers that are present so if you go to even two different parts of your body, whether you're talking about your mouth or different parts of your skin, we'll have a very different collection of these microbes. >> brown: and each person has a very different collection? >> absolutely. you're going to have a different collection
we've not figured out how to replicate the happy home they have in us and on us in an a laboratory environment. so we've been blind to them. yet we know they're important but we haven't really had a good inventory or census of what's there. >> brown: when you talk about taking census you mean literally which parts of the body... what's going listen to? >> and which critters are there and in what numbers. >> brown: we knew there were trillions but one of the surprises here, we...